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White team in a 38-16 victory in the closing scrimmage of spring practice. Crompton and the first string offense put on a show for the fans as they scored early and often in the contest. Crompton ended the game 13 of 20 for 266 yards, three touchdowns, and one interception.“I thought early, especially, we executed extremely well offensively,” head coach Phillip Fulmer said. “It was good to see Jonathan in that kind of rhythm. There were some really big plays in the passing game. I thought he had a good day except for that last ball. I don’t know his numbers, but they were outstanding the first two-thirds of the scrimmage. Generally, it was a good day for us.”
The White team scored on five of their first six possessions, including a 74 yard touchdown pass from Crompton to Denarius Moore on the first play of the game. Moore led all receivers with two catches for 91 yards and two touchdowns.
The White team also had big plays as Crompton found Josh Briscoe for a touchdown from 18 yards out, and when Lennon Creer found the end zone on a three yard run.
Briscoe had four catches for 72 yards and two touchdowns, while Creer led the way on the ground with 59 yards on 10 carries and a touchdown.
White led 35-3 at halftime as the Orange squad only mustered a 30 yard field goal from Devin Mathis.
The game was the first time most Tennessee fans saw new offensive coordinator Dave Clawson’s n
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ew system. So far, Fulmer has been pleased with his new assistant and his acclimation to the program.“I think (it went) really well,” Fulmer said. “He’s a football junkie like I am. We had a scrimmage the other day and I had four pages of notes. There wasn’t one thing as we went through them that he took any exception to. I love that. We can sit there and discuss and argue -- there are a lot of good things to come out of that as we go along and as we continue to put this together.”
The contest also helped Crompton solidified his position on top of the depth chart at the quarterback position.
“He’s had a tremendous spring and today kind of capped it off,” Fulmer said. “I still pointed out to him that he’s got to take care of the football a little bit better than he did. It was great what he did in the early part of the scrimmage. To have that one play is kind of a downer, but he is definitely our quarterback and definitely a guy who has shown the ability to run the offense.”
While the contest was the end of spring practice for the Vols, Fulmer knows his team still has work to do.
“We’ve still got some real challenges in front of us to get through the summer,” Fulmer said. “Obviously, we hope to get some of the freshmen who can help us in the mix really quickly, whoever can give us more depth. We’re not where we need to be.”
